Illustration of Hubble's Observation of Fomalhaut B's Expanding Dust Cloud
Imaging of the Hubble Space Telescope's observations of Fomalhaut b's expanding dust cloud from 2004 to 2013. The cloud was produced in a collision between two large bodies orbiting the bright nearby star Fomalhaut. This is the first time such a catastrophic event around another star has been imaged.
Credit:
NASA, ESA, and A. Gaspar and G. Rieke (University of Arizona)
